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:"UNI'T'ED STATES PATE T "OFFICE.

ANDREW w. KENDRIOK AND CHARLES "1. KENDRIOK, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

,To all whom it may concern:

FOLDINIG CABlNET-BEDSTEZAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,393, dated March 9,I880.

' Application filed February 4, 1880.

Be itknown that we, ANDREW W. KEN Derek and CHARLES T. KENDRIOK,citizens ofthe United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Cabinet-Bedsteads; and we dohereby declare the following to be afull, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings,'and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specificatiomand inwhich- Figure l is a perspective view of our improvedbed. Fig. 2 is asideview of the bed when open. Fig. 3is a vertical section of the bedwhen closed. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the bed whenpartially opened. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detached view of the head-boardandits connection to one of the folding sections of thebed. Fig. 6represents a sectional plan view of a modification to be used in placeof the movable sections of the base for giving the requisite play to thecross-bars in openingandclosing the sections of the bed.

Our invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in theclass of bedsteads which are adapted to be folded up when not in use, soas to resemble a sideboard, bureau, or other similar article offurniture; and the invention consists in a novel construction,combination, and arrangement of parts for connecting, operating, andsupporting the several parts forming the bed, all as will be hereinafterfullydeseribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which our invention is mostnearly connected to make and use the same, we will now proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

In the drawings, A represents the base of our improved bed, which, inthe present instance, is composed of the movable sections a a, one ofwhich is provided with guidegrooves a in the side rails thereof, inwhich work the guides a of the side rails of the other section inopening or-closing the bed.

B and 0 represent thetwo half-sections or outer cornersto the front andrear cross-rails of the base attheir upper corners, as clearlyshowninFig. 4. The sides B O of the sectionsB 0 project at their lowerends beyond the front and rear portions, thereof,so that they form theside rails of the bed when open,

and a finish for the sides of the sideboard, cabinet, or other case whenthe sections B O are closed.

D represents the movable central drop or bottom, suspended near its fourcorners from 1 the lower ends of the side rails; B G, by pivotedlinks d.

c 0 represent pivoted cross-bars connecting the side railsof the movablesections a a of the base with the lower and outer ends of the siderails, B G, and b b represent pivoted crossbars connecting the lower andinner ends of the side rails with the pivoted cross-bars 0 a, thefunctions of said pivoted cross-bars being to control the movements ofthe pivoted or hinged sections B O and the movable sectional base, andalso the movable drop or bottom, in opening and closing the bed.

E E represent side panels connected tothe central cross-rail, D, of thedrop orbottom D by the inetallicstraps c c, and said panels are providedat the top with hinged panels F F. When the bed is opened and saidpanels FF are turned down, as shown in Fig. 2, theirfree ends restontheside rails of 'the base, and thus form 1 vertical supports for themovable drop or bottom.

By cutting awaythe side rails, BO, openings are formed in the sides ofthe case, when the sections B O are closed,for properly ven- "tilatingthe bed, and said openings are closed when desired to form acompletefinish tothe bed when closed by the hinged supportingpanels F F, whenturned up as shownin Fig. 3. These hinged panels, when made ofsufficient length to turn down and form vertical supports-for thecentral drop or bottom, when turned down toventilate the bed, whenclosed, are so long as to project out in the room away from the bed,forming obstructions; and to obviate this defect the panels are providedwith one or more hinged doors, e, as shown in Fig. l, and when open formventilatingapertures for the bed without the necessity of turning downsaid panels.

In using the pivoted cross-bars c c for connecting the side rails, B O,with the base, and to permit of said bars acting as supports at alltimes for said sections B C, it is necessary to make the base in movablesections, as before described, in order to give the necessary play tothe cross-bars in opening or closing the sections of the bed, and. whendesired, the front and rear cross-rails of the base, to which thesections B 0 are hinged, may be connected by dowel-pins to the siderails of the base, whereby they are adapted to turn sufficiently to forminclined braces, as shown in Fig. 2, for giving additional support tothe sections B 0 when opened to form a bed.

The head-board G is provided with legs g 9, having curved slots 9, inwhich the bent ends of the metallic brackets it work, said bracketsbeing secured to the rear side of the section B, near the top thereof.This construction forms hinges for the head-board to turn upon inopening or closing the sections, and which, upon being removed when thehead-board is not desired, leaves the top surface of the case in aperfect finish, thus obviating any defacing of the top surface thereof,as now is the case where the head-board is connected to the top of thesection by hinges let into the top surface thereof.

The head-board G is automatically operated by links H H, connecting thelegs of the headboard with the vertically-movable drop or bottom D, sothat in opening or closing the sections the head-board is turned so thatthe legs thereof form vertical supports for the bed when opened, andwhich, when the bed is closed, are drawn close against the rear side ofthe section B, out of sight.

I I represent the hinged legs connected to the, front of section 0,forming vertical supports for the foot of the bed when opened andtrimmings for the front of the bed whenclosed. These legs in afull-sized bed will drop down in proper position by their own gravitywhen opening the sections. The hinged legs, however, maybe connected tothe vertically-movable drop or bottom by similar links H H, so as to beautomatically opened or closed, similar to the legs of the head-board G.

As the ends of the side rails, B 0', have to turn toward each other inopening or closing the sections, they should be rounded off on theirupper sides, as shown in Fig. 4, so as not to interfere with the raisingand lowering of the side panels, E E, of the movable drop or bottom D.

The front exterior of the section C may be finished to represent orimitate any desired piece of furniture, and the edges of the meetingsections or different parts composing the sides of the bed when closedor opened may be furnished with moldings to give the outside a neat andattractive appearance.

Instead of making the base of the bed in movable sections, in order togive the requisite play to the pivoted braces c c in opening and closingthe sections of the bed, said braces may be provided at their lower endswith headed bolts adapted to work in horizontal grooves on the innersides of the side rails of the base, of

sufficient length to give the braces the requisite play in opening orclosing the sections of the bed, as shown in Fig. 6 and dotted lines,Fig. 2.

The operation of opening thebed is as follows: Take hold of and pressforward and downward on the front section, 0, which, through the mediumof the pivoted bars, simultaneously opens the other section, B, both ofsaid sections, in their downward movement, raising the central drop orbottom on the same horizontal plane therewith when fully opened. Duringthe above described operation the head-board G automatically changes itsposition (to form a head-board as well as supporting-legs for the frontor head of the bed when opened) through the medium of the movement ofthe central drop or bottom, while the front legs drop by their owngravity, when the hinged panels F F being turned down to form verticalsupports for the central drop or bottom completes the operation. Inclosing the bed, turn the hinged panels up into avertical position andthen take hold of and press upward and backward on one of the sections,when the several parts will automatically assume their originalposition.

When the folding sections are being opened or closed the pivotedcross-bars 0 0 push the two sections of the base away from each otheruntil they reach a certain point, when they are drawn toward each otheruntil they meet, all as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a folding cabinet-bed, the combination, with the movable sectionalbase and sections B O, hinged thereto, of the pivoted cross-bars c 0,connecting said sections and base, substantially as and for the purposeherein shown and described.

2. In a folding cabinet-bed, the combination, with the movable sectionalbase A and hinged sections B O, of the pivoted cross-bars b b and c 0,connected together and to the base and hinged sections, substantially'inthe manner as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

3. In a folding cabinet-bed, the combination, with the hinged sections BO and pivoted head-board G, of the vertically-movable drop or bottom Dand pivoted links H H, whereby said head-board is adapted toautomatically change its position in opening or closing the bed,substantially in the manner as and for the purpose herein shown anddescribed.

4. In a folding cabinet-bed, the combination of the head-board Gr,having legs g, pro- IIO vidcd with curved slots 9, and the hingedsection B, provided with the stationary brackets h, working in the slotsof the legs g, subable sectional base A a 0/, having the pivoted frontand rear cross-rails, forming inclined supports for said sections whenopened, substantially in the manner herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ANDREW W. KENDRIOK. CHARLES T. KENDRIGK.

Witnesses: DEWI'IT G. ALLEN N. L. ALLEN, RUssELL A. GREEN, GEo. W.GREEN.

